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E. HORTON. COMBINED HAMMER AND NAIL'FEBDING DEVICE.

31- Patented Nov. 24, 1885.

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E. HORTON. QOMBINED EAMMERAND NAIL FEEDING DEVICE- No. 331,060. PatentedNM. 24, 1885.

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EMMET HORTON, OF DUNDEE, NEW YORK.

GOil/iElN ED HAMMER AND NAlL FEEDiNG'DEl/BCE.

EEJPEGIPECATIOEE forming part of Letters Patent 1'30. 321,060, datedNovember 2%, 1885.

Application tiled March 3, 1885.

T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Eirnntr HORTON, of Dundee, in the county of Yatesand State of New York, have invented certain new and use 5 fulImprovements in Nailing-Hammers, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The subject of this invention is a hand hammer for nailing purposes, inwhich, as in IOaHOthBI portable hand nailing-hammer invented by me andclaimed in a prior application, filed March 3, 1884-, Serial No.122,772, there is combined a receptacle for carrying nails, ahammer-head below the same, a feed- [5 ing incline or duct for the nailsfrom the receptacle, a device for clamping or holding eachseparately-delivered nail before setting and driving it, and a handle atright angles, or thereabout, to the hammer-head, and where by theswinging motion of the hammer is made to automatically feed the nails,one by one, to theclamping device, and on release of the clamp whichholds the nail in position for being set and driven the nail is or maybe driven home by the head of the hammer when suitably swung or raisedand brought down for the purpose on the nailhead.

This invention consists in an improved or novel construction of a hammerof this de- 0 scription, including Various details and combinations ofdetails, substantially as hereinafter described, and whereby a veryperfect result or action is obtained.

The invention is not restricted to any par- 3 5 ticular size ordescription of nail, nor yet to responding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a part1 y-section al lon gitudinal and side orvertical view of a hand or portable nailing-hammer embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an inverted or under longitudinal view of the same;Fig. 3, a section on the line as a; in Fig. 1; Fig. 4., asection on theline y y in Fig.1; and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 2 z in Fig. 1.

Serial No. 157,679. (No model.)

A indicates the hammerhandle, attached to and projecting in front of theinner end of which is a vertically-slotted metal main frame,- B, that ismade to form or has secured to its lower end, in front, the hammer-headG, which is arranged to occupy a position at right angles, orthereabont, to the handle.

D is the box or receptacle for holding the nails, mounted on andconnected with the frame B in any suitable manner, and mainly of curvedmarginal configuration on its interior, but sloping upward in abackwarddirection at its bottom, and that has connected with and beneath it thenail-delivering duct or guide E, for the nails, of correspondinginclination, or thereabout, to the bottom of the nail-receptacle.

The side of the nail box or receptacle D is provided with a lid or door,I), of any suitable description, forintroducing the charge or load ofnails that are thrown promiscuously into the box, or rather into themain central portion of it, which is contained within a partition, F,connecting the sides of the box at its top, back, and front, and bottomin part, but stopping short at its upper and lower forward ends, andbeing so arranged within the box, to the marginal configuration of whichit conforms, or nearly so, as to leave between it and the marginalinterior of the box or such portion thereof as it faces a curved orpartiallycurved way or channel, G, for the nails in their passage fromthe box. Said partition or inner wall of the way, G, itis preferred tomake yielding and adj ustable-as by a screw and slot, 0, at its monthend (Zto adapt said way for the reception of different-sized nails. Theopposite and lower front end of the channel G is open for discharge ofthe nails and return of any surplus quantity from said channel back tothe box. By throwing or jerking thehammer upward or otherwise suitablymanipulating it a certain quantity of nails from the mass within thecenter of the box are tossed or thrown up into the channel G through itsmouth end d, a divider, H, if desirable, extending from the mouth of thechannel to the bottom of the box intermediately of the width of thelatter, serving to separatelthe entering nails so as to give them freeor better admission into the channel G and prevent them from of anadjustable throttle-valve-like regulator,

I, at or near the top of the channel when the hammer is down. Thisregulator, which may be of any suitableconstruction, serves to :furtherseparate the nails and to limit the number of them which shall pass downthe back and under part-of thechannel at anyone time.

The bottom of the outer wall of .the box has a longitudinal slot, 6, inits rear portion of sufficient width to receive the passing nails, headsand all, within it, and in front "of this slot is araised curved stop,f. This-curved stop f serves, in conjunction with the naildeliveringduct or guide E, that is vertically divi'ded'or slotted longitudinally,to direct and turn the head of each nail'in succession and'to permit ofthe nail-heads passing beneath it and out of the channelG onto/thelowerportion, 9, 'of the upper surface of the guide, and so that thenails may be pendent :by their heads beneath the bottom of the box asthey slide down the inclined guide E, the slot him which serves toreceive the shanks of the nails down through it, and is extended the.full length of the guide, or "therea'bout. Such raised curved stop fdispenses with an enlarged opening for the nail-heads in the inclinedguide, and in case ofsmall nails being worked insures a proper positionfor them. The guide E- has one of its sides 'madeloose and adjustablelaterally toward or from its opposite side by means of screws and'rubber or elastic packing blocks or pieces k k, to vary the width of thesloth tosuit differentsized'nails. When the suspended nails have passeddown the inclined guide E, they are-an rested at the foot of it by acut-off lip or portlon, Z, of a cross-swinging combined cut-off andseparating-hook, S, pivoted,:as at m, and actuated by a'sliding trigger,J ,which is controlled bya spring, at. "The cut-offlip Z'works acrossthe lower endof the slot h in theguide E, while the hook-piece 'Z of thecombined cut-off and separating-hook S works through a front cross-slot,0, below the upper surface of theguide E, to take the shank of eachadvance pendent'nailin succession.

In the normal position of 'therd'eviceS and of the triggerJ the latteris held forward by itsspring n, and the device S clocked forhe'ld sothat its cut-.off lip Zcloses the lower end of the slot h in the guide Eby the frame B 'on the one side and an upright arm, 1", of the slidingtrigger on the other side or within a pro ecting nosepart, s. Onpullingthe tr'rgger J back, however, against the'tens'ion of its springa, which is done'by'a finger :of thehan'd holding the hammer, the arm'9" 'strikes:and presses upon 'the device '8, 'to'turn for'swingit onits pivot, so as'to cause its 'cut-offflip 'Z to uncover or expose the'front open endof the separate different-sized nails.

hook-piece Zthrough the lower front slot, 0, till arreste d by asuitablestop-as, for instance, by a projection, a, striking the frame B. Thisprojecting of the hook-piece Z causes said piece to pass back of theshank of the advance nail-b below-the front end of the slot h, and topick said nail out from the other nails in rear of it, which thehook-piece Z then acts as a stop or cut off to, and to pass the advancenail down into the slotted portion 0, from or out of which in front saidnail, pendent by its head, drops into or in front of the clamp, which,holds the nail while being set. The hook or hook-piece Z is or may bemade adjustable in or out, and be secured by a set :screw, Z to adapt itto work in more or less close proximityto the shoulders formed by theback of the slot 0, to'enable it to pick out or On releasing hold of thetrigger J its spring n throws it forward, and in-so doing the arm 7 actsupon the inside of the nose part s, to return the device S to its normalposition, and to bring its cut-off lip lin-closing position with thelower end of the slot h as the hook-piece Z passes from under said slotfor a repetition in due course of its separating'action, as before. Itthus will be seen that the cut-off lip Z and hook-piece l operatealternately to stop the delivery-of the nails from the slot h of theguide, and that when the hook-piece Z acts as a cut-off it also-operatesas a picker-out of the advance nail. In this way only one nail can -'betaken at-a time.

Other means than the spring-trigger here shown maybe used for operatingthe combined cutoff and separating-hook S.

When the device S is operated to pick out and deliver a nail, asdescribed, a'clamp, K, which is a pendent one pivoted, as at c, to theone side of the frame B, is extended below, so as to come immediately inrear of the hammer-head G, or of a fixed grooved clamping-piece andguide d for the delivered nail,'to permit of the nail falling to itsplace for setting it in'the work. This clamp K is atensiononeit "beingcontrolled and closed upon the nail by aspring, e'. Said clamp may beopened or drawn back against the tension-of its spring to receive thenail by op-v crating 'iteither directly-orthrough itsspring,

' whichmay'beadjustable by ascrew, f, by a projectiomj, on the triggerJ, as shown, so that on pulling back the trigger theclamp is opened orremoved-to receive-the nail, and on releasing holdof thetrigger it isthrown forward by its spring to clamp or hold the nail while beingset.This lower tension applied tothe'clamp K is sufficient to hold the nailwhile setting it in the work bythrowing or driving the hammer as itholds the nail; but by jerking the hammer upward again the clamp isreleased fromthe-nail thus-stuck into thewood-or, inother-words,-thespring-clamp slippedfromoff thestuck nailwhen or afterwhich the nail maybe-driven home by striking it on its head with thehammer-head.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters.

Patent, is

1. In a nailing-hammer provided with a handle in angular relation withits head, a raised nail box or receptacle, and an inclined guide or ductfor conveying the nails from the lower portion of said receptacle to theforward portion of the hammer, the nail box or receptacle D, ofcurvilinear marginal configuration, provided on its interior with anouter mainly-curved way, G, open at its forward and lower ends forpassage of the nails through it from the interior of. the box,substantially as specified.

2. The divider H, in combination with the nail box or receptacle D ofthe hammer and the partition F, forming the inner wall of a curved outerway or passage, G, within the box, essentially as described.

3. The curved nail-box D of the hammer, having in its interior an outercurved way,G, for passage of the nails, provided with an adj ustableregulator at or near its top for separating and restricting the passageof the nails through said way or channel substantially as specified.

4. The curved way or nail-passage G of the box, made adjustable at itsmonth end relatively to the front of the box, essentially as described.

5. The nail-holding box D of the hammer, having a slot, 6, in its base,and provided with a raised stop, f, at foot of said slot, in combinationwith the slotted inclined nail guide or duct E, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

6. The slotted nail guide or duct E, having its one side adjustablerelatively to the other,

in combination with the elastic blocks 70 and screws 1', essentially asdescribed.

7. In a hand nailing-hammer in which the nails are passed from a raisedbox or receptacle by the working or using of the hammer, the combinednail cutoff and separating-hook S, provided with a hook end or piece, Z,and a cut-off lip, Z, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

8. The combined nail cut-off and separating-hook S of the hammer, havingits hookpiece Z made adjustable in or out, in combination with theinclined nail guide or duct E, having slots h and 0, for operation inrelation with each other essentially as specified.

9. The combination of the trigger J of the M hammer with the pivotedcombined nail cutoff and separatinghook S and the inclined nail guide orduct E, substantially as described.

10. The pivoted pendent clamp K, controlled by a spring, as described,in combination with the ham mer-head (l, essentially as specified.

11. The combination of the spring-actuated trigger J with thespring-actuated pendent clamp K and the hammer-head C, the adjacentfaces of the hammer-head and clamp being correspondingly grooved toreceive a nail, substantially as described.

12. The combination, with the handle and head of the hammer, of thespring-actuated trigger J, the combined nail cut-off and separating-hookS, the inclined nail guide or duct E, and the spring-actuated clamp K,essentially as specified.

EMMET HORTON.

Witnesses:

J AS. SrIoER, G. S. SHAT'rUox.

